Just in time for the Fourth of July, here’s our ultimate tip for a summer weekend, courtesy of ingenious Hungarians, and a bare-bones Home Depot shopping list.

My ex-colleague Tamás Rácz, editor-in-chief of Vezess, a Hungarian motoring magazine, presents a wonderful and cheap way to turn utilitarian tools into deranged Independence Day fun. All you need is a pickup truck and a quick trip to Home Depot to pick up the following items:

That’s about it. The truck he’s used for this lovingly photographed demonstration is a tiny Romanian-built Dacia Logan ($7500–8000), but if there’s one thing I’m sure you’ll have no trouble procuring in the U. S. of A., it’s a truck with more generous proportions.